Microsoft doesn't want to break printer and device drivers.

HomeGroup, a feature introduced with Windows 7, continued to assist users in sharing files, folders, libraries, devices, etc. on smaller networks until it was finally removed in Windows 10 v1803.

Using Printers and identifying which was in use was easy with Windows 7. Upon opening the ‘Devices and Printers’ menu, one could easily check which printer was set to default – something that doesn’t ...

Microsoft continues migrating Control Panel to Settings, but legacy hardware and drivers slow progress in Windows 11.